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Please consider joining the 2018-2019 DHS PTA board

Davis High School PTA’s Nominating Committee is currently looking for volunteers to fill vacant positions for the 2018-2019 school year. If you are interested in getting involved with the Davis High School PTA, then please contact Natalie Lindquist at lindq530@gmail.com to see what position might be a good fit for your area of interest. We look forward to another great year of supporting the students and staff of DHS next year, and we’d love to have you join our team!

Boys have an even split of confidence in STEM and liberal arts classes (English, History, Language.)

The following students worked diligently on this powerful information:

Surina Beal

Kaylee Morgan

Ares Palubicki

Miles Brower-Douglas

Emily Seybold

DHS PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD SLATE 2019-20

President

Joy Klineberg

Executive VP (Communications)

Karen Yoon

1st Vice President (Grants)

Heema Govindjee-Merchant

2nd Vice President (Membership)

Merissa Leamy

Secretary

Stephanie Malone

Treasurer

Yuliya Yarovaya

Auditor

Allison Chilcott

Financial Secretary

Clare Richards

DHS PTA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 2018-19

DHS-PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD

President

Sally Albertson

Executive Vice President

Melody Ewey

1st Vice President (Grants)

Heema Govindjee-Merchant

2nd Vice President

Joy Klineberg

Secretary

Stephanie Malone

Treasurer

Karen Fee

Financial Secretary

Anne Finkelston

Auditor

Laura Shapiro

Parlimentarian

Natalie Lindquist

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Davis Parent University Representative

Lori Benedict

Directory Chair

NO DIRECTORY 2018-19

Hospitality Committee Chair

Joanna Purves

Scrip Representative

Lori Benedict

Senior Awards Chair

Deborah Folb

PTA Programs - Gap Year Fair

Yuliya Yarovaya

COMMUNICATIONS

PTA Listserv Administrator

Michelle Agnew

Class of 2019 Listserv Administrator

Tracey Long

Class of 2020 Listserv Administrator

Alice Belenis

Class of 2021 Listserv Administrator

Emily Ault

Newsletter Editor

Sara Johnson

Webmaster

Debra Brayton

DAVIS GRAD NIGHT

Have a senior? Buy your Grad Night ticket now for the lowest price of the year! Visit www.davisgradnight.org. Be sure to also read about submitting your student’s kindergarten photo for a special reveal at Grad Night. Meanwhile, save the date for June 14, 2019!

What is it? Davis Grad Night is a fun, safe and sober all night graduation celebration for all graduating seniors from the four high schools within Davis Joint Unified School District (Davis Senior High School, DaVinci High School, Martin Luther King High School and DSIS). Grad Night was developed in 1985 in response to a growing problem of alcohol-related car accidents and deaths involving high school graduates on graduation night. Grad Night is a community volunteer effort, with hundreds of volunteers from all over Davis working together on a project that provides a fun, safe and sober event for our graduates in place of gatherings and parties that may facilitate drinking and driving. The party is held at Emerson Junior High School, with the entire campus transformed into a night club filled with activities, hundreds of raffle prizes and an all-night cafe. The decorations theme changes every year and is top secret until it is revealed at Grad Night. About 90% of the graduating class attends the event.

How can you help? This event requires hundreds of people to make it happen and planning is starting now! Watch this video about the volunteers that make it happen! https://youtu.be/CzF6gNnJbUk
We need leads in several areas. See the list below and grab some friends for an experience you will never forget!
Decorating areas: Covered Courtyard, Foyer/inside check-in, Front Entrance, Raffle Area, Stadium Game Area

DHS-PTA CONTRIBUTES

• A Stage Platform Riser Caddy Cart was purchased for the Music Dept. and Brunelle Theater.

• Cameras and Lenses were purchased for the Blue Devil HUB.

• A new kiln was purchased for the Ceramics classes to replace the broken kiln.

• Document Cameras were purchased for the Math Department.

• Digital Translators were purchased for the Counseling Department.

• Chromebooks were purchased for the Library.

• Printing materials were purchased for the Photography classes.

• Graphing Calculators were purchased for the Math Department.

• Digital interactive maps were purchased for the Social Sciences Department.

• Books were purchased for the English Department.

• Hospitality items were purchased to support the staff at Department Breakfasts and such.

• The Gap Year Fair was hosted by the PTA.

• Davis Parent University received a grant to help bring many amazing speakers to Davis parents this year.

2016-17 PTA accomplishments:

Monthly free Financial Literacy classes for DHS students

PTA will be awarding nearly $25,000 in grants to DHS teachers through its Partners In Education program. Some of the grants awarded include:
• Chromebooks to help accelerate instruction among DHS English Language Learners’ and students facing learning challenges.
• Brunelle Theater audio system upgrades, thus giving students involved with audio production leading-edge equipment to use and learn with -- and enabling a higher-quality theater experience for performers and audiences.
• Google Cardboard virtual reality glasses which will enable students to “travel” on virtual field trips to such destinations as Versailles, the Grand Canyon and Civil War Battlefields
• Innovative curriculum and instructional materials for special education students

2015-16 PTA accomplishments:

PTA awarded over $20,000 to the DHS community through its Partners in Education (PIE) grants and will donate additional money by the end of the 2016 school year.